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What is the fruit produced by the Hindutva tree? From the seeds sown by Savarkar, what harvest has been reaped? After Golwalkar’s pivotal leadership of the RSS and founding of the VHP, did these outfits whither or flourish?
PROF. Irfan Ahmad is a political anthropologist with a broad range of theoretical and ethnographic interests in research, teaching, writing, and speaking. Currently a professor of Anthropology-Sociology, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul,... more
TEMPLE OF JAGANNATH WAS OLD BUDDHISTIC TEMPLE: SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. WHEN WILL IT BE HANDED OVER TO THE BUDDHISTS? The RSS-BJP government of India led by a seasoned RSS whole-timer, Narendra Modi has miserably failed in providing basic... more
Being around fifteen per cent of the total population of India, Indian Muslims constitute a significant minority that cannot be ignored by the political parties in India. Since partition, the Muslims were considered traditional Indian... more
This dissertation challenges the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission Report by highlighting that neither the BJP, as an institution, nor its leadership, key individuals, maintained a periphery role in the destruction of the Babri Masjid. It... more
The so-called radicality of this Conference did nothing but further contribute to the erasure of Indian Muslims and Indian brand of anti-Muslimness. It carried out Hindutva’s goal. Genocide of Muslims is an aesthetic project for Hindutva.... more
बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस की 27वीं बरसी हिन्दुत्वादी जो 1992 में नहीं कर पाए, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने कर दिया इस दुखद सच को झुटलाना मुश्किल है कि हमारा देश जिस को दुनिया का सब से बड़ा लोकतंत्र माना जाता है वहां दो तरह की न्यायक पद्धतियां काम करती... more
The accounts of European adventurers, possessing immense academic value, provide a deep political understanding of northern India that has historically been the subject of debate and contestation. Perceptions of two such noteworthy... more
अगस्त 5, 2020: भारतीय गणतंत्र का ‘वध’ संप्रभु-लोकतांत्रिक भारतीय गणतंत्र 26 जनवरी, 1950 को एक ऐतिहासिक संविधान के साथ अस्तित्व में आया, जिसकी प्रस्तावना में दृढ़ प्रतिबद्धता के साथ यह घोषणा की गई थी कि “न्याय, सामाजिक, आर्थिक और... more
The paper looks at Babri Masjid demolition as an event that serves as an actualisation of a historical conflict between the Western Episteme and knowledge traditions outside it. The paper focuses specifically on two groups: the ‘Hindu... more
OPEN LETTER TO THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA RANJAN GOGOI MEDIATION ORDER IN AYODHYA CASE IS BLUDGEONING OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL POLITY WHICH THE SUPREME COURT IS DUTY-BOUND TO SAFEGUARD Honourable Chief Justice of India,... more
ایودھیا میں’ تاریخ کی غلطی‘ کو درست کیا گیا: اب مودی سرکار پوری کے جگناتھ مندر کو بودھ مذہب کے ماننے والوں کے حوالے کرے!! آر ایس ایس کے پرچارک، کٹر سنگھی نریندر مودی کی ذاتی قیادت میں چل رہی آر ایس ایس-بی جے پی کی موجودہ حکومت138 کروڑ... more
The sacred values of a community are critical in understanding cultural conflict. When an attempt is made to trade a sacred value with a secular good, it evokes feelings of anger (taboo-tradeoff) but less so when that sacred value is... more
अयोध्या में इतिहास की ग़लती सुधारी गई: अब मोदी सरकार पुरी का जगनाथ मंदिर बौद्धों को सौंपे! आरएसएस के प्रचारक, धुर-संघी नरेन्द्र मोदी के निजी नेतृत्व में चल रही आरएसएस-भाजपा की मौजूदा सरकार 138 करोड़ भारतीयों (जिनमें से लगभग 80 प्रतिशत... more
THE 'VADH'/ANNIHILATION OF THE INDIAN REPUBLIC The sovereign-democratic Indian Republic came into existence on January 26, 1950, coinciding with the promulgation of a historic constitution which in its Preamble declared its firm... more
This piece based on Interview of former Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, whose commission of inquiry held that the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 was “meticulously planned”, by renowned journalist Seema Chishti is must... more
RSS तुम्हारा हिंदुकरण तुम्हें ब्राह्मण बनाने के लिए नहीं कर रहा। रहोगे तो तुम उनकी नज़रों में तब भी अछूत ही। और यह दुनिया का इतिहास बताता है कि पीड़ित/वंचित समुदाय ख़ुद के कितने भी नये positive नाम रख ले, dominating जाति/वर्ग की नज़र में... more
खुला पत्र मुख्य न्यायाधीश, सर्वोच्च न्यायालय, माननीय न्यायमूर्ति रंजन गोगोई अयोध्या मामले में मध्यस्थता आदेश भारतीय संवैधानिक राज्य व्यवस्था पर कुठाराघात है, जिसकी हिफाजत करना सर्वोच्च न्यायालय का अनिवार्य कर्तव्य है! माननीय भारत के... more
RSS/BJP feel they can fool all Indians all the times!
Watch NDTV debate anchored by NIDHI RAZDAN.
Courtesy NDTV.
Watch NDTV debate anchored by NIDHI RAZDAN.
Courtesy NDTV.
Demolition Of Babri Mosque: Shameless RSS & Spineless Congress (NDTV Debate) RSS Chief's Mandir Push: Road To 2019 Via Ayodhya? In about two weeks from now, the Supreme Court starts hearing the Ayodhya title case for what may be the final... more
India is considered the world's largest democracy. It has nearly 815 million eligible voters. Just a few years after its independence in 1947, the authors of the Indian constitution of 1950 took the extraordinarily bold step of... more
WHAT CRIMINALS COULD NOT ACHIEVE ON DECEMBER 6, 1992, IS LEGITIMIZED BY COURT The author visited Ayodhya one month after the demolition of Babri mosque by the RSS/Shiv Sena/BJP cadres. It presented a picture of carnage, devastation,... more
In 2019, India's ruling BJP apparently entered the temple-building business after the Supreme Court of India issued a judgment in a land dispute — but what is the background of the Ayodhya dispute and why is it so foundational to the rise... more
HAS THE END OF THE INDIAN DEMOCRATIC-SECULAR POLITY BEGUN? India, sadly, is witnessing the Hindutva juggernaut running amok crushing whatever was democratic, liberal and egalitarian in the Indian polity. The RSS as the charioteer is not... more
It is not difficult to understand the fall out of Indian Supreme Court's latest judgment on the demolition of the Babri mosque. It has been welcomed and celebrated by the RSS and Vishwa Hindu Parishad. These were the organizations which... more
I visited Ayodhya after one month of demolition of Babri mosque there. A short report of this visit appeared in The Times of India, January 17, 1993. The scanned copy of it is being reproduced here. Looking at it quarter century later one... more
दिसंबर 6, 1992 को हिन्दुत्वादी आतंकवादियों ने अयोध्या में क्या किया था? इस दुखद सच को झुटलाना मुश्किल है कि हमारा देश जिस को दुनिया का सब से बड़ा लोकतंत्र माना जाता है वहां दो तरह की न्यायक पद्धतियां काम करती हैं। एक है जब बहुमत धर्म और... more